That’s happening in northern Indiana as well. Many residents are mad, the local government will not validate their concerns and rubber stamp the approval of their construction over the wishes of those residents. Simply put, the only thing county and state governments here in Indiana see is dollar signs and they could care less about their constiuents.
Indiana is getting $15 billion in Big Tech investment. Residents don’t want to foot the energy bill.
A bill moving through the Indiana legislature would require tech firms like Amazon, Microsoft, and Google to cover 80% of project costs, which, if enacted, would make it the first state to do so. At the same time, the bill would allow Indiana utilities to try and pass the costs of building smaller nuclear reactors to customers. Tech companies hope these early-stage energy solutions could someday supply cleaner, around-the-clock power to data centers.
The standard now is, whenever a highway is built or rebuilt, you bury tons of dark fiber alongside it.
“Simply put, the only thing county and state governments here in Indiana see is dollar signs and they could care less about their constituents.”
That’s exactly what I’ve seen in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho and our small town on the San Francisco Peninsula. The developers get their proposals approved no matter what.